his mother, his mother, the first of her generation in hawaii to immigrate from japan at a time when there was strong and real prejudice that still existed in america, a man who came of age as the second war burst upon the scene, and that very prejudice against japanese-americans reached a kris -- cresnedo. as majority leaders eluded to, on the way to church with your grandfather, listening to the radio about the bombing that was taking place in pearl harbor, and at first as danny told the story, over several times, at least i heard it, he thought it was the wells kind of thing, and they drove, and looked on the hoer rye -- horizon and could see pearl harbor, the bombs bursting. he was then labeled an enemy alien. he was labeled an enemy alien as his family was. because of his japanese an ancestry, but he fought. he fought for the chance to fight for his country and had to fight for the chance to fight for his country, not just to prove that he was an american, but because he knew, he knew what was at stake, because it was the right thing to do. my mom, as i was telling my colleagues